Good transport links are boosting the allure of the Denmark Hill district of London

Ask estate agents where Denmark Hill is and each will give you a different
answer. In the words of one long-time resident, this sprawling residential
area in southeast London, roughly speaking just north of the Dulwich
triangle and west of Peckham, “suffers from not really being a place”.

But that does not mean people are not keen to live there. Transport is the
main drive. In December the Overground extension arrived, right, connecting
Denmark Hill station to Clapham Junction on one side and Highbury &
Islington, via Canada Water and Shoreditch, on the other. Agents report a
surge in “day-trippers”;